A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1913 (bungalow). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1913.
From the record
“Asilomar Conference Grounds is a conference center originally built for the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). It is located on the western tip of the Monterey Peninsula in Pacific Grove, California, near what was formerly known as Moss Beach.”
Wikipedia article Asilomar Conference Grounds, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 64 National Register listings published here for Monterey County · listed in 1987 · category: District · built in 1913, bungalow, by Julia Morgan · a National Historic Landmark.
Architectural style. bungalow, American Craftsman, Arts and Crafts movement
Architect. Julia Morgan
National Register reference number.87000823- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1913 to 1997
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19131997
Fires near this property
268 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Asilomar Conference Grounds
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 320 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 were recorded as arson.
Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted
here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Reported cause
Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
134
Equipment and vehicle use
40
Smoking
29
Misuse of fire by a minor
21
Arson/incendiarism
16
Recreation and ceremony
12
Power generation/transmission/distribution
7
Debris and open burning
6
Natural
3
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Date
Cause
Size
Reported by
Name on the report
9 September 2017
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
MORSE
9 September 2012
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
San Benito-Monterey Unit
MAJELLA RD / SLOAT RD
8 September 1999
Natural
under an acre
Central California District
EQUESTRIAN
7 September 2007
Equipment and vehicle use
1.0 acres
Central California District
UNNAMED FIRE 1835
6 September 2013
Recreation and ceremony
under an acre
San Benito-Monterey Unit
17 MILE DR / BIRD ROCK RD
5 September 2020
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
San Benito-Monterey Unit
BIRD
5 September 2005
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Central California District
BEU003326
4 September 2007
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
16 workings within 5 miles of Asilomar Conference Grounds: 9 past producers, 6 producers, 1 prospect.
6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Pacific Grove, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 1 storm surge/tide, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud.
The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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